Wolves in 1600s Norfolk

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Wolves in 1600s Norfolk
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That wolves roamed much of the area within the current city limits of Norfolk is attested to by the earliest court records, which have names of residents who killed wolves. (See also Wolf's Neck.)
Book A, Part 3, ff. 33-34, Court of November 3, 1645: An accounting of that year's county levy took place at the house of William Shipp, with Capt. Thomas Willoughby, esquire, Capt. Edward Windham, Francis Mason, Edward Lloyd, Thomas Mears, Thomas Lambert, and Matthew Phillipps present. The primary outlay went towards paying those who had killed wolves, at the rate of 50 pounds tobacco per wolf, namely: Thomas Workeman, three wolves killed; Lancaster Lovett, 1 wolf; James Smyth, 1 wolf; Gyles Collings, 1 wolf; John Carraway, 1 wolf; Thomas Durfort, 2 wolves; Peter Porter, 1 wolf; Mr. Sibsey, 1 wolf; Henry the Negro, 1 wolf; Richard Wollman, 1 wolf; Symon Peters, 1 wolf.